Comments on: Thoughts on the new iDisk icon

By: imajoebob

imajoebob — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 10:40:05 +0000

C’mon folks. Saying this is “gay” is not meant to be a pejorative of homosexuals, it’s a comment on how effeminate this icon is. And boy, it really is! What a way to impress the Executive VP when you present the annual figures!

But the comments about “sweet boys” is ugly and out of line. This will, however, attract scads of 14 year old girls. Who do you think Barry would rather be caught with when the cops kick in his door?

And jeez, Groomsy, unless you can legally date those 14 year old girls, it’s time to move out of Mom’s basement.

By: scotts13

scotts13 — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:27:29 +0000

It’s not so much that the fluffy purple-backed cloud identifies with a particular socio-sexual group, but that it clashes badly with the overall blue theme of the OS.

By: Nick

Nick — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 07:49:51 +0000

Do you guys mind? – TextMate’s icon is similar in colour to that, and TextMate is most definitely not gay.

I wouldn’t call the MobileMe icon “purple”, though. That looks more like violet to me.

By: goranche

goranche — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 05:38:08 +0000

Ehm… actually, I think it’s the Rocks background, not Stones

By: THE Kyle

THE Kyle — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 04:59:29 +0000

My wallpaper? I find it very “zen”. I’m still looking for a good background for the new 24-inch iMac.

On changing the icon, yes, I know it’s possible, and I do it all the time (for hard drives and such), but I’ve always been proud of Apple’s design work; the icons are usually so simple and elegant. This one just screams “myspace”.

By: pdxotaku

pdxotaku — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 04:21:51 +0000

If you are so insecure in your masculinity that you are threatened by a drive icon and consider it “gay” because of it’s color…then I think it’s time you sought some counseling my friend(s).

By: groomsy

groomsy — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 01:53:00 +0000

Purple is gay? Why don’t you tell that to the man who’s probably pulled more tail than all of us put together: Prince. Not to mention, one of the best comic book villains ever wore purple (Joker).

BTW, The Dark Knight in 24 hours for me (midnight showing). Can’t wait.

By: mb

mb — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:25:43 +0000

i like it.

By: Bob

Bob — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:02:16 +0000

LOL. I had to admit, I saw it and nearly choked. I said this to my pithy co-worker who is 25 years my junior, and he said: “Don’t you hate it when your favorite company decides its market is not you, but is 18 year old girls?”

By: jean-paul

jean-paul — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 23:03:33 +0000

Some of you guys are frigging stupid. So, purple is gay, and purple icons will attract sweet boys (insert pack of hooting monkeys). i understand that some leeway may be in orderâ€”you sound like zitty teeagers with the IQ of a boiled artichoke, but have you ever heard about “Thinking Different”? And are you sure you did not confuse your platforms?